Which is exactly why Skoda has launched this. It’s called the scholar and it not only replaces the hateful doll Skoda rapid space bag, but it’s also a more conventional rival to the likes of the Gulf. The Ford Focus, the voxel Astra, the Mazda 3 and the care seed and so on and so forth. But is this Carl really arrival to those cars or is it just a little bit dull and a bit too average well. That’s what I’m going to find out this in this review.

New Skoda Octavia 2020 Redesign

Now, This is always subjective, but in my mind. It looks way better than the old rapid, a specially with its spaced out Skoda badge at the back and boomerang rail lights. You can even have scrolling raver into cages on some models, but Parker master three next week. The Scarlet will look rather plain and go for small wheels and it can look a bit sorry for itself.

Feature

For the time being, Their three trim levels. Ask at 16-inch alloys at the tiny 6.5-inch color touchscreen, a leather steering wheel, and gear knob, led headlights, a safety kit. Like lane assists in front assist seas this eight-inch touchscreen. While SEL gets sat-nav and the larger touchscreen, a virtual cockpit for the dials and scrolling Rare indicators.

Love comes to expect from a lot of skaters. The Octavia has got tons of risk space. Look at the amount of knee room, I’ve got masses of it. That’s probably best in class for the knee room if you’re measuring that kind of thing. Obviously, if you’re sad enough like me and Hadrian was pretty good too. Thanks to this sort of boxy dimensions and it just feels very light and very airy back here.

Unfortunately, there isn’t an armrest here but the scholar sort of makes up for it because the sum Isofix points down here which are easily reachable and we’ve got pockets. On the backs of the seats, We’ve got good-sized door bins. There’s also too USBC charging ports so you can keep your devices all charged up round.

New Skoda Octavia 2020 Review

Interior

Inside, it’s a bit more interesting than you find in a New Skoda Octavia 2020. Genuinely speaking the quality is very good. There are lots of soft-touch materials used throughout the cabin. There are a few scratchy plastics like on the door handles.

The door bins aren’t flocked lines as you find in the Gulf, but generally speaking, it’s absolutely fine. This particular car we’ve got the silver flash across the dashboard in it, he prizes the cabin up genuinely, It’s a simple and fuss-free interior.

New Skoda Octavia 2020 Interior

The glove box and door pockets are all large and very useful. Then there’s the thoughtful scouter touches like drawers under the seats and ice scraper in the filler cap. The ticket holder in the windscreen and even when you lift up the cap to top up the washer fluid. It turns into a funnel so you don’t spill washer fluid all over the engine.

Now infotainment, see cars get this eight-inch touchscreen and it uses coder’s usual operating system and it’s very intuitive, very easy to use. Something we’ve come to expect from Skoda, but it doesn’t have sat-nav.

Now it’s not a problem because the Skyler comes as standard with Apple CarPlay and Android auto. All years do is pop your phone in, connected up, and then you can use the satnav on your phone.

One thing, That is worthy of note is the fact that the scanner uses USB-C charging ports. So if your phone doesn’t support those, you’re going to have to use and adapt it, but once it’s all connected up, you can use the satnav on your phone. Now, SCL cars, they come with sat-nav as well. They’ve got a larger screen and they also get a digital dial.

New Skoda Octavia 2020 Review Exterior

The back And this is where the Scarlet really does pull ahead of its rivals because the boot is absolutely enormous. It comfortably outweighs the VW golf boot. The foot focus focuses boot and the only color, the glare larger boot is the New Skoda Octavia.

Now our standard, you get some little bits and bobs, you get these little cubbies either side, there are little hooks, ah, there’s a 12-volt socket as well, but of course, you can add various bits of equipment. You can go for a variable boot floor for 155 pounds. That’s actually worth going for.

If you want to tow trailers and also boxes and all sorts of stuff, a Skoda will sell you a number of different tow bars. We’ve got the foldable one here that just pops out there. For 785 pounds It just shows that this car is very practical.

We think the only criticism I’ve got with this boot is the fact. That there are no releases for the seatbacks. In the booty, You do have to go round to the side. We mean it’s not a massive problem but it would be nice just to go to a thought of that. And also the seats don’t fold completely flat. There’s some bit about a lip to haul your luggage over, but generally speaking. The amount of space you’ve got an offer really puts those criticisms into the shade.

New Skoda Octavia 2020 Exterior

New Skoda Scala 2020 Review Engine Specs

It’s all pretty much as you’d expect on the bonnet. There’s a one-liter three-ton at the petrol engine with other 9,413 brake horsepower and a 1.5 liter four Senator Petro with 148 BHP. If you really want a diesel, there’s just one Oh 1.6 with 113 gray calls power.

The 1.5 is the smoothest of all the engines. We did actually go for the 113 brake horsepower, one liter as it’s a nice balance between power. Economy scale declaims 50 MPG which is realistic and it only costs out to pretty measly 113 grams per kilometer of CO2.

With 113 brake horsepower and it feels surprisingly punchy actually. But if you put the stopwatch on this character’s note to 62 in just over 10 seconds. This is a little bit pedestrian we have to say, but he doesn’t feel it and the best bit about this engine is it is fuel-efficient.

We’ve been getting 60 MPG out of his car, which for a diesel small hatchback is actually pretty good and we haven’t been driving it on an eco run. we can tell you there is matched up with a really nice six-speed manual gearbox. It just moves between gears really effortlessly. Light clutch light, a gear shift action very nicely. You can go for a seven-speed DSG if you want to, but we would actually stick with this if the choice were mine.

Diesel Engine

Now this VW group 1.6 diesel is always a bit of a cluttery thing, but it seems even more cluttered and the scholar in the Skoda Octavia 2020 seems quite nicely harshed quite you feel as though you’re removed from the grouty diesel engine, but in the scholar you finish that you’re a lot closer to the engine it feels, but it sounds a lot more potent. It’s slightly too grouty in my, in my mind, but we mean when you’re getting 60 MPG out of it probably shouldn’t carb too much.

It’s a typical VW group fair, Really the steering is nice and light, nice and accurate. The gearbox, as already mentioned works really nicely. It feels like your typical VW group product as this car and that’s what you expect it.

Driving a New Skoda Octavia 2020

Now, one thing that is very surprising about this car is that it feels like a Gulf to drive. Honestly, if you were driving this car blindfolded and we wouldn’t recommend doing that because it’s probably against the law when it is against the law isn’t it.

The surprising thing about this is that this kind of isn’t based on the Gulf is based on the smaller end QB VW group platform. It’s actually a Skoda phobia or a VW polo under this collar and yet they’ve closed it in a body that is Gulf size and yet it feels like a Gulf to drive.

New Skoda Octavia 2020 Changes

This doesn’t value what speaks is your account, there’s a smooth motorway surface wall around this car is very comfortable now is matched up with 16-inch wheels, which obviously help in that regard, but it’s very soft, very compliant, very nice. It doesn’t feel too soft. It doesn’t feel bouncy or waterway, but it’s, there’s a nice sort of blind seats in it and it just sums this car up. Really nice to drive.

New Skoda Octavia 2020 Release Date and Price

The view out the back. The great amount of visibility. New Skoda Scala 2020 Cal read us feel eight-tenths Gulf for fraction of the price. It starts at just over 15 and a half thousand pounds with even the top-spec car coming in as a whisker onto 22 and a half grand.

That’s an incredible value for money. And when you factor in just how nice it is to drive how spacious and how nicely made it is. The Scarlet goes right to the top of the class, beating the focus, astronauts seed, and even golf.